Sachin Tendulkar wishes good luck to Tokyo bound Indian athletes ahead of Olympics; Watch

Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has taken to Twitter with a short video wishing the Indian athletes who are traveling to Tokyo for the upcoming Olympics. In the video, Tendulkar mentions the hardships faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how the athletes have stood tall in the face of adversity.

"During (COVID-19)  pandemic, all of us have faced challenges, including our athletes. They did not give up, they kept their preparations going. And I know that they are getting geared up to give their best performance in Tokyo Olympics. In winning and losing there is only a difference of a millisecond and for that, they have worked very hard for years. Right now they need our good wishes and support. Let's cheer for India!" said Tendulkar in the video he uploaded.

The caption was an inspirational one with the words, "We all get goosebumps when we see the tricolour being represented! This Olympics, it shall be no different and we'll all be cheering loudly from India as you make us proud."

The Tokyo Olympics 2021 is scheduled to start on July 23.

A list of all Indian athletes who have qualified to participate in Tokyo Olympics 2020:

Archery:

Tarundeep Rai, Atanu Das, and Pravin Jadhav - Individual and Team Recurve events

Deepika Kumari - Women's event

Athletics:

18 quota places ( 15 in individual events)

20km race walk:

KT Irfan, Sandeep Kumar, Bhawana Jat, Priyanka Goswami

Men's 3000m steeplechase: 

Avinash Sable

Men’s 4x400m relay: 

Muhammed Anas, Noah Nirmal Tom, Rajiv Arokia, Amoj Jacob

Mixed 4x400m relay: 

Muhammed Anas, Velluva Vismaya, Jisna Mathew, and Noah Tom

Men's Javelin Throw: 

Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh

Women's javelin throw: 

Annu Rani

Men's long jump: 

M. Sreeshankar

Men's shot put: 

Tajinderpal Singh Toor

Women's discus throw: 

Seema Punia, Kamalpreet Kaur

Men's 400m hurdles: 

MP Jabir

Women's 100m and 200m: 

Dutee Chand

Badminton

P.V. Sindhu - Women’s singles

Sai Praneeth - Men's singles

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty - Men's Doubles

Boxing:

Women: Mary Kom (51kg), Pooja Rani (75kg), Simranjit Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) have qualified.

Men: Ashish Kumar (75kg), Satish Kumar (+91kg), Amit Panghal (52kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), and Manish Kaushik (63kg) have qualified.

Equestrian:

Fouaad Mirza - individual

Fencing:

C.A. Bhavani Devi

Hockey:

Men's squad:

Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh; Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra; Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit; Forwards: Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh.

Women's squad:

Goalkeepers: Savita; Defenders: Deep Grace Ekka, Nikki Pradhan, Gurjit Kaur, Udita; Midfielders: Nisha, Neha, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Monika, Navjot Kaur, Salima Tete; Forwards: Rani, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Sharmila Devi

Golf:

Anirban Lahiri, Aditi Ashok

Gymnastics:

Pranati Nayak

Judo:

Sushila Devi Likmabam - women's extra-lightweight (48kg)

Rowing:

Arjun Jat and Arvind Singh - men’s lightweight double sculls

Sailing:

Nethra Kumanan - Laser Radial class

Vishnu Saravanan (Laser Standard)

KC Ganapathy and Varun Thakkar - 49er

Shooting:

10m Air Rifle (M) - Divyansh Singh Panwar, Deepak Kumar

10m Air Pistol (M) - Saurabh Chaudhary, Abhishek Verma

10m Air Rifle (W) - Anjum Moudgil, Apurvi Chandela

10m Air Pistol (W) – Manu Bhaker, Yashaswini Deswal

25m Pistol (W) - Rahi Sarnobat, Elavenil Valarivan (Taking Chinki Yadav's quota)

50m Rifle 3 Positions (M) - Sanjeev Rajput, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar

50m Rifle 3 Positions (W) - Tejaswini Sawant

Skeet (M) - Angad Vir Singh Bajwa, Mairaj Ahmad Khan

Table Tennis:

Sharath Kamal, Manika Batra, G. Sathiyan, Sutirtha Mukherjee

Tennis:

Sania Mirza (with Ankita Raina)

Weightlifting:

Mirabai Chanu

Wrestling:

Seema Bisla, Women's Freestyle, 50kg

Vinesh Phogat, Women’s Freestyle 53kg

Anshu Malik, Women's Freestyle 57kg

Sonam Malik, Women's Freestyle 62kg

Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Men’s Freestyle 57kg

Bajrang Punia, Men’s Freestyle 65kg

Deepak Punia, Men’s Freestyle 86 kg